NJPW List of Faces & Heels: Roster Breakdown (2016)

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On this page you find a breakdown of the NJPW Roster split by Face and Heel divisions, in the year 2016. This includes the up-to-date list of all Babyfaces (heroes) and Heels (villains), as well as "tweeners" (anti-heroes) among the NJPW Wrestlers from Heavyweight, Junior Heavyweight and Young Lions, and active Tag Teams & Stables in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

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Texas Steve · 38 minutes ago
This is for the Evolve Face/Heel division,
For the faces it's Aaron Rourke, Timothy Thatcher,and Karmen Petrovic.
For the heels it's Braxton Cole, Keanu Carver,Chantel Monroe,and Kali Armstrong.
Also Lince Dorado should be put off screen since he hasn't been on Evolve since June
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Jey zeen · 12 hours ago
El Hijo Del Vikingo has an active contract with WWE compared to the rest of the AAA roster who are under separate contracts. He should be listed on the WWE roster as inactive possibly
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smah · 17 hours ago
WWE has signed sean legacy to NXT
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Central · 20 hours ago
The vision gotta be mid-card besides bron breakker ngl
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Vishnoah · 1 days ago
Judgment faction become tweener
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smah · 1 days ago
finn is face or tweener
natalya is heel
je'von doesn't actually seem to be injured, reports are saying that he is probably fine
i also agree with penta & dragon lee moved to upper card with rey, either that or the vision should be moved to mid card, which wouldn't be crazy because none of them are fighting for world titles after bron lost to punk and that feud seems to be done (for now at least)
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fWRENzy's return! · 1 days ago
hey guys im back
who is your pick for the royal rumble?
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @fWRENzy's return! Bron Breakker
  
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  Wright Hill · 1 days ago
  
  @fWRENzy's return! Hey, fWRENzy! Good to see you.
  
  I would go with Bron Breakker as well, But I feel as if Oba Femi Or even possibly LA Knight are really good contenters.
  
  As for women, Liv Morgan or Bianca Belair.
  
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Wright Hill Oh, yeah! Almost forgot about the Women's rumble! Yeah, probably Bianca if she returns
  
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Annia S. Barrón · 1 days ago
i am pretty sure finn now is a babyface or a tweener as he showed respect to Punk and also aknowledge the crowd. And maybe this is my opinion but if rey mysterio is upper card may put penta and dragon lee as well since they are feuding with the vision
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Micah K · 1 days ago
Finn is either a face or a tweaner the reason why is showed respect to cm punk after the match. Or you could just say last week acted less heelish to earn his spot for the world heavyweight championship
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jackson · 1 days ago
Finn Balor definitely tweener
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Ali Daghestani · 1 days ago
Natalya turned heel like 3 minutes ago.
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  Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
  
  @Ali Daghestani She did? Was it something to do with Maxxine? I know they were teaming up months ago
  
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  jackson · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yea put Becky’s leg on the rope when Maxxine almost won it
  
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Max · 1 days ago
Luca crusifino returned last week
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
Forgot to mention this in an older comment from last week. But Lena Kross has signed with AEW
She'll also most need a profile for the AEW roster as well.
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Joshua Araujo

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· 2 days ago
New card position data (and images) for the profiles of Powerhouse Hobbs and Mae Young!

https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/will-hobbs

https://www.thesmackdownhotel.com/wrestlers/mae-young
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  Wright Hill · 2 days ago
  
  @Joshua Araujo That's awesome. Could you do King Kong Bundy?
  
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  Joshua Araujo
  
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  @Wright Hill Sure! I was planning to updating another profile on Tuesday
  
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Bee · 2 days ago
Trey Miguel is taking a break from wrestling and is no longer under contract with AEW. Rascalz are still together, however.
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @Bee No he's apart of the Rascalz & is in AEW just because he didn't appear doesn't mean he wont maybe he just couldn't make it for the show last night
  
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  Bee · 2 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Are you sure? I'd like for it not to be true, but his Wikipedia and articles say different. "On January 14, 2026 at Dynamite: Maximum Carnage, AEW aired a video teasing The Rascalz's arrival. However on January 18, Miguel announced that he would be taking a hiatus from professional wrestling and was later reported to have been released from AEW."
  
  I'm hoping you're right and he's still with AEW though.
  
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Jey zeen · 2 days ago
I do not know how long Jonathan Cruz aka Serpentico has been partnered with MJF on AEW but I believe he's currently a tweener
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Jey zeen · 3 days ago
Hangman Adam Page, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Kevin Knight are NEW AEW World Trios Champions
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Davey Castegnaro · 3 days ago
Both Mike Bennett & Satnam Singh over on the AEW roster are both inactive. Neither one of them have been featured on AEW Television in a hot minute.
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  Joshua Araujo
  
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  @Davey Castegnaro Satnam Singh still wrestles on ROH regularly, even if it's not AEW TV, he still actively wrestles for the company. Bennett I have no idea where he's at, so you're right I think he may need to be marked inactive
  
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LewisBell072003 · 3 days ago
Santos Escobar has returned on Lucha Libre AAA.
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Draysin Martin · 3 days ago
You guys need to change up somethings in AEW
First GYV are heel after Worlds End on December 27th 2025
Then Eddie Kingston's Finishers need to be changed he no longer uses American D, Sliding D, & Royal Flush and has been using the Northern lights bomb (Scoop Brainbuster) since June 14th 2023
Eddie Kingston & Ortiz are back as a tag team and Ortiz uses a Fisherman Buster as his finisher now
Beef is still in RoH apart of The Workhorsemen
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